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yLewis HOVER', or CHICA-Go, ILLINQISY. Letters .Patent No. 62,201, datedFebruary 19, 1867.

IMrRovED SAD-IRON HOLDER.

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'.lO ALL WHOM IT'MAY CONGERN:

Be lit known that I, LEWIS HOVER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, andState of Illinois, hare invented n new und useful Sad-Iron Holder; and Id hereby declare that the following is u. full, clear, und exactdescription'oi` the construction und operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing ond letters of reference markedthereon, making a purt of' this specification, in which- 4 Figure 1 is aperspective representation of my invention. 4

The nature 'oi' my invention consists in makingsueh an improvement to mysed-iron holder, patented the twenty-fourth day of April, 1866, ns willrender it operative and less expensive. I accomplish this by attachs ingn. curved springr to both ends of the cylindrical holders, for thepurpose of forcing them open the required distunce topa-ss uround'thehandle of' the sod-iron. By this means the holder can be used much moreconveniently than when constructed according tothe drawing set forth inthe putcnt above referred to.

In order to enable others vskilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will describe its construction and operation. Y

A represents the semi-cylindrical holders, which nre used to grasp thehandle of the sad-iron, and are B the reflectors, which, when shuttogether, as seen by the dotted lines C, prevent the hand from beingburned hy means of' the heat from the iron, to which the handle E isattached. D shows the curved springs, which are secured 'to the ends ofthe holders A, and cnuse them to remain open unless held shut by thehund, as when operating the snd-iron. I 'nuke the springsD of anydesired routeriul, but of only such strength as will open the holders Aafter the hand has beenremoved. The red lines E represent the hnndle ofthe common sad-iron, passing through the'holders A before they have beenclosed.

Operation. In order to use my device, when it is constructed as setforth, I put the semi-cylindrical holders over the handle of thesad-iron, n-t'ter which the force 'of the hand, when using pressureenough to work the iron, will close the holders and press them aroundthe handle closely enough to bring the deflectorsB together so as toprevent the heat of the sad-iron from burning the hand, as set forth.

Havingthus Afully described my device, I do not claim the cylindricalholders A, nor the deectors B; but what I do claim, und desire to secureby Letters Patent of theeUnited States, is-

The combination of' the springs D, semi-cylindrical holders A, anddefleetors B, when the parts are constructed substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.' v l LEWIS HOVER.

Witnesses:

Guo. L. CHAPIN, A. HAYWARD.

